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Unit 4 · Database Management Systems Paper 2 CS · November 2021

A company is consuming parts in the manufacturing of other products. Each of the part is either manufactured within the company or purchased from the external suppliers or both. For each part, partnumber, partname is maintained. Attribute batchnumber is maintained if the consumed part is manufactured in the company. If part is purchased from external supplier, then supplier name is maintained. Which of the following constraints need to be considered when modelling class/subclass concepts in ERD for the given problem.

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Correct answer: A. Total specialization and overlapping constraints

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Every part is manufactured or purchased (total specialization), and a part can be both (overlapping).

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